Closure for milk-bottles.



J. S. RAMSEY.

CLOSURE FOR MILK BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.17, 1913.

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(mosses nos. MILK-BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 17, 1913.

icence.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it; known that I, JOHN S. RAMSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Conshohocken, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful ln'norovements in Closures for Milk-Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, ref erence being ha d to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in closures for milk bottles and the object in view is to produce a simple and ellicient device of this nature which may be temporarily attached to a milk bottle, affording a suitable closure therefor.

My invention comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and than specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate .my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view showing the application of my device to a milk bottle. Fig. 2 is a sectional view longitudinally and centrally through the handle and transversely through the disk, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through a portion of the split ring and plate secured thereto.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a split ring made of resilient material and con I disk, after which in a further t1lt1ng"m0Vecaved and is adapted to spring over and engage the beading at the top of amilk bot.-v

tle in the manner shown in the drawings. Said ring has a plate B fastened thereto, preferably by means of the lugs B which are struck up from said ring and passed through the apertures B formed in said plate andare clenched over the edges of the aperture, while other lugs, designated by lElStQQ D struck up from the plate, pass through the apertures A formed in the ring and are clenched against the inner concave surface of the latter. Said plate has vertically disposed Wings E, E which are spaced apart and are provided with apertures A'handle F has pivotal lugs F progectmg Patented July 21, 1914. Serial No. 790,289.

to normally hold the disk at its farthest downward limit or in engagement with the shoulder formed in the neck of a milk bottle when the device is applied to a bottle. \Vhen the disk is at its lowest position, the under surface of the handle adjacent to the pivotal part thereof will rest upon the upper edge of a. plate and which tends to limit the movement of the handle in one direct-lent In operation, the split ring is adapted to be sprung over the heading about the upper end of the neck of a bottle and be held frictionally thereto by the resiliency of the material of which the ring is made and the disk carried by the handle will be thrown by the spring against the shoulder Within the marginal edge of the neck of thebott-le and, by reason of the slotted connection between the handle and the disk, the latter will center itself and be held securely in place upon the bottle. When it is desired to removethe closure from the shoulder in the neck of the bottle, the operator by pressing upon the end \of the handle may cause the latter to tilt under the tension of the spring as the lever begins to tilt, its end which is pivotall-y'connectedjto the pin will move a slight distance independent of the ment of .the lever the disk Will be raised from the shoulder in the neck of the bottle.

necks thereto, the closure seating accuratelyin each instance.

What I claim to be new is :-e

heading of the neck of a bottle, a handle pivotally mountedv upon saidring, a disk, a headed pin projecting therefrom the of rairnfsr cr tics;

1. A closure for milk bottles comprising, a split ring designed to engage about the lie V said lever having a slot through which said pin passes, thus allowing the disk to center itself, as set forth.

2. A closure for milk'bottles comprising a resilient split ring, aplate fastenedthereto and having laterally and horizontally disposed wings, a lever havi ng pintles engaging apertures in said Wings, a spring bearing between said plate and handle, and designed to hold a portion of the under surface of the handle against-the top .oftthe plate to A; R. FOWLER, .A. L. HOUGH. 

